Hot-food cabinet and table.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

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HOT FOOD CABINET AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.19,1904.

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STATES NITE Patented. February 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HELEN HARRIET OOOKE, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

SPEUIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,506, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed March 19, 1904. Serial No. 199,020.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, H nL'nN HARRIET OooKn, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in llot-Food Cabinets and Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hot-food cabinets and tables; and the object of the invention is to devise a form of table convenient for keeping food hot and at the same time enable it to be readily gotten at for serving; and it consists, essentially, of a cabinet made, preferably, of sheet metal and having two divided compartments and a double inclined bottom meeting at the center, under which the gas for heating is supplied, such bottom being designed to receive Water, the cabinet being surrounded by suitable central, side, and back spaces, perforated plates arranged in the spaces, and atop sliding door and front, and doors for the main portion of the cabinet, all arranged and constructed as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved hot-water cabinet and table. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through one of the compartments on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detail showing steam supplied from a separate source.

1n the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A represents the sides of the cabinet; A. the back; A, the converging bottom, and A the sin iporting-fraine having the rollers (t at the corners.

a is the tap in the center of the converging portion, and a the gas-pipe located underneath the center of the converging portion.

B represents the compartments for containing different victuals or food designed to be kept hot. Such compartments Bare provided with suitable shelves Z) and are supported above the bottom A by the legs 7). It will be noticed that the compartments B are open in the front and closed at the back and are separated from the side and back walls and from each other, so as to form side spaces 0 0, back spaces 0, and a central space (.1

l.) represents doors for the front of the com .partments.

O is a space above the compartments and beneath the supplemental top A".

a, is a back Wall. which forms a continuation of the space 0.

0 represents openings in which are iitted the meat or other receptacles, trays, or dishes E.

A 1'epresents the sides of the top, which are provided with guiding-ribs ai and steam-exit holes 2.

A is the central portion of the top, which is provided with guides a, and a steam-exit hole 3, and A is the back portion of the top.

F represents top covers which slide in the guideways a and a and are provided with the front f, hinged thereto and extending over the front of the recessed top, in which the dish E is located.

G is a central plate, which is provided with a series of perforations g near the front end, as indicated, such perforations gradually get ting less as the plate approaches the back. The plate (Jr is located, preferably, on about a level with the bottom of the compartments B.

Gr represents plates which are located in the spaces 0 c on about a level with the top of the supplemental top A. The plates G" are provided with perforations comparatively fewer in number than to those in the plate G for a purpose which Will hereinafter appear.

There is a small amount of water in the converging bottom, and thegas-burner A heats such water and converts it into steam. The steam passes rearwardly under the central plate Or and laterally underneath the compartments to the side openings 0 c. The perforations, however, in the front of the plate G serve to allow a certain amount of steam to find easy access through the space 0'' between the compartments, and thereby the fronts of the compartments are kept warm on the inside. Likewise the plates G at the top permit the steam to have a ready circulation through the spaces 0 c on the sides of the compartments, and necessarily such circulation will provide for the keeping of the outside of the compartments at the front warm. The passage of the steam is thereby facilitated to the front of the cabinet, as at the front there is no steam-space, and this I find in practice facilitates the keeping of the front portion of the cabinet warm in which the victuals are placed, and thereby the victuals or food hot on all sides. The steam will of course pass rearwardly into the back compartment 0, and thus the back portion of the compartments, as well as the supplemental top, will be kept warm.

In order to carve meat or roasts in the upper portion, the flapf' may be swung back onto the cover F and such cover slid rearwardly, and this I find in practice is a very convenient method of inclosing the roast or table compartment of the cabinet.

In Fig. a I have shown the steam introduced into the center of the cabinet through a pipe 4, which connects with the steamheater 5 or any other suitable source of steamsupply, and this steam-pipe of course can be used as an alternative in places where steam may be readily obtained from steam-boilers or the like.

IVhat I claim as my invention is-- 1. In a combined hot-meal cabinet and table, in combination an outer casing, a compartment located within the same and suitably supported and provided with steam-heating spaces surrounding the sides, back, top and bottom of the same, a door for such compartment, a supplemental top havingsteam-heating spaces extending upwardly beyond the level of the same on three sides thereof and a suitable cover for the spaces as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a combined hot-meal cabinet and table, in combination an outer casing, a compartment located within the same and suitably supported and provided with steam-heating spaces surrounding the sides, back, top and bottom of the same, a door for such compartment, a supplemental top having steam-heating spaces extending upwardly beyond the level of the same on three sides thereof guideways formed at the top of the casing and a door held in such guideways and provided with a depending flap as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a combined hot-meal cabinetand table, in combination an outer casing, a compartment located within thesame and suitably supported and provided with steam-heating spaces surrounding the sides, back, top and bottom of the same, a door for such compartment, a supplemental top having steam-heating spaces extending upwardly beyond the level of the same, asuitablc cover for the spaces and plates inclosing the side spaces between the compartments and the side walls and having perforations in the front of the same as and for the purpose specified.

at. In combination an outer casinghaving a converging bottom designed to contain at the center water to be converted into steam, a suitable heater located underneath the center of the bottom, two compartments supported above the bottom of the casing and forming a 6 space between the casing and the bottom of the compartments and spaces to the sides and back of the compartments and between the same, a supplemental top forming with the compartments spaces to the tops of the same, the said casing being extended upwardly, so as to form spaces around the sides and back and above the level of the supplemental tops and suitable coverings for the same as and for the purpose specified.

5. In combination an outer casing having a converging bottom designed to ccntain at the center water to be converted into steam, a suitable heater located underneath the center of the bottom, two compartments supported above the bottom of the casing and forming a space between the casing and the bottom of the compartments and spaces to the sides and back of the compartments and between the same, a supplemental top forming with the compartments spaces to the tops of the same, the said casing being extended upwardly, so as to form spaces around the sides and back and above the level of the supplemental tops, and suitable coverings for the same, a central plate at the bottom of the central space between the compartments having the front perforations and side plates in the side spaces on a level with the supplemental tops and perforated at the front as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a combined hot-meal cabinet and table, in combination an outer casing. a compartment located within the same and suitably supported and provided with steam-heating spaces surrounding the sides, back, top and bottom of the same, a door for such compartment, a supplemental top having steam-heating spaces extending upwardly beyond the level of the same on three sides thereof and a suitable cover for the spaces, the said casing having steamexits located in the back of the top as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a combined hot-meal cabinet and table, in combination an outer casing, compartments located within the same and suitably supported and provided with steam-heating spaces surrounding the sides, back, top and bottom of the same, doors for such compartments, a supplemental top having steam-heatingspaces extending upwardly beyond the level of the same on three sides thereof and suitable covers for. the spaces, the said casing having a steam-exit located at the front above the central space and steam-exit located at the back of the top above each of the side spaces as and for the purpose specified.

HELEN HARRIET COOKE.

Vitnesses:

B. BOYD, M. MOLAREN. 

